NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 43 
come true in these five decades is almost incredible. At 
the first Getttysburg the forces of the North faced the 
forces of the South over a moral issue. That issue in- 
volved the integrity of free institutions on this soil and 
its conclusion would determine whether ‘“‘any nation so con- 
ceived could long endure upon the earth.” The issue at 
stake was that of the rights of manhood. The blood shed 
on that great field ended the slave holding principles of 
the South and preserved the integrity of the Union. It 
is true that the issue of the rebellion was the preservation 
of the Union. But the slave question was the cause 
that threatened the unity of the country. ‘To endeavor 
to eliminate the slave question from the problem is mere 
quibbling. Our gallant men died for our Union and they 
freed the slaves. It was the slave question that precipi- 
tated the war and caused the death of our valiant men. 
Gettysburg teaches a three-fold lesson,—the integrity of 
our nation as a union, the necessity of a nation that is 
free to be free to all men and the ability of the nation 
to recover from a mortal civil conflict. It is a privilege 
to live in an era of time when such a spirit of peace abides. 
That we enjoy this peace is largely to the credit of the 
soldiers of that great conflict. 
Scnoor CHANGES! One of the most unfortunate 
problems of school administrations is the continuance of 
a fixed policy to a fulfilment of that policy in the products 
of the schools. Beverly has had in the past one of the 
best managed school systems in our part of the country, 
but in a few years has been obliged to seek for an ad- 
ministrator twice. Superintendent of Schools Robert O. 
Small may have made a personal gain in removing to 
Boston and taking up a larger work, but the city loses. 
A change in administration is always fraught with losses 
and difficulties. The industrial school pioneer work which 
Beverly has been doing is the forerunner of greater pro- 
gress in that direction. There have been over fifty per- 
sistent, ambitious seekers for the position, but the school 
committee is still non-committal and may be trusted to 
select an able man worthy of the great opportunity that 
the schools of Beverly present. 
THe VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT idea began to make it- 
self evident along our shore a few years ago. The 
apostles of the new gospel were mostly summer folk and 
were not taken very seriously. A society was organized 
in every village, from Beverly to Rockport with the 
avowed mission “village improvement.” It is not so long 
ago that beauty was a second consideration in town life 
and utility was everything. Many years have passed. 
The old order of things have passed away. The fish in- 
dustry and the ugly shore houses and trays are gone. 
The low shabby ill-kept farm houses of the past have 
been replaced by imposing shore palaces and such farms 
as remain are models of order, beauty and utility. The 
idea has taken deep root, and making the North Shore 
from Lynn to Rockport the most beautiful strip of shore 
in the world. 
MANCHESTER Has Very WisELy discouraged the con- 
struction of three-flat tenements and her streets and sky 
lines are not marred by these building monstrosities. 
May it ever be so! There are consequences of such forms 
of living worse than a Fourth of July fire. There are im- 
moral consequences which arise from poor housing that 
are infinitely worse and more expensive to a community 
than a Fourth of July conflagration. 
Wuart Has Become of all the graduates of last 
month? 
PRESIDENT WILSON was placed in an exceedingly dif- 
ficult situation when asked to make an address at Gettys- 
burg. The famous address of Lincoln at the dedication 
of the cemetery is acknowledged to be one of the finest 
if not the best address of its length in the English tongue 
for diction and sentiment. President Wilson rose to the 
occasion and made. an address worthy of the situa- 
tion and of his position as the President of the United 
States of America. 
THe Pra Crop or tHE NorrH SHoRE seems to be 
fated these last five years. Three years ago it was poor 
seed; two years ago the vines were blighted by the in- 
tense heat of those memorable July days; last year was 
a better year as was reflected in the price of pea seed, 
But the connoiseur of peas is destined this year to another 
short season. ‘The good vines of a month ago are lying 
withered under the scorching sun and the moistureless 
soil. No rain, no peas! 
THE Proposed FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION of the 
North Shore chauffeurs should be encouraged, but its 
motives for organization should be placed on a high plane 
with avowed purpose of improving the ‘calling. If it 
descends to an organization of complainers and _ limits 
its activities to running a few dances it will have lost its 
opportunity for more abundant usefulness. 
In CONSENTING To ApprEss the communities of the 
North Shore in a patriotic celebration to commemorate 
the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg 
Colonel H. L. Higginson is rendering appreciated service. 
There ought to be more occasions in the life on the shore 
when the townspeople and the summer folk may meet 
with common interests. 
Wuat Woutp tHe Worrtuy Inprans of the early 
days say and think, whose hatchets and arrow heads of 
stone have been dug from time to time from the soil 
on the Head place in Manchester and the Haven place in 
Beverly Farms if they could view this transformed shore 
with its telephones, telegraph, moving trains, automobiles, 
wonderful gardens and palaces. 
THe RETURN OF Ex-GovERNor GuiLp from the work 
in Russia has naturally caused comments as to his future 
political activities. Col. Guild has rendered efficient ser- 
vice in the Russian embassy, but the likelihood of his run- 
ning again for the governorship is probably farthest from 
his thoughts. 
Anyuow, Mr. McNas says of his successor: “Good. 
I am glad that Matt Sullivan is to prosecute the cases. I 
have no doubt as to a successful conclusion.” Mr. McNab 
cannot be termed a good loser, because he is the gainer by 
resigning. 
Toe Muniricent Girt of the Parish of Beverly 
Farms of over one thousand dollars to the resident clergy- 
man was a credit to the parish and a tribute to Rev. 
Nicholas R. Walsh *hat was well deserved. 
THe Recorps of the Bulgarian and Servian difficul- 
ties read like the stories of by-gone days. The world 
may long for peace but that end is still afar off. 
ONE OF THE Bes’ set peices in the local Fourth of 
July celebration was the beautiful illuminated New Jersey 
which lay anchored off the Beverly shore. 
